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Foodie Film: THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY
by Denine R. Gorniak, Contributor Far too many foodie movies have not yet been covered on Tinsel & Tine despite the fact they speak to my brand. I was about to miss another opportunity with The Hundred-Foot Journey, (Produced by Steven Spielberg & Oprah Winfrey) as I had conflicts with both screenings, but to the rescue, my foodie friend and fellow blogger Denine Gorniak – The Bicycle-Chef, covered the Prince Music Theater screening, which included a post panel discussion with Philly Chefs – Marc Summer and Marc Vetri, and as you’ll read, she did fabulous job! – Le Anne Lindsay, Editor The Hundred-Foot Journey Review The movie, The Hundred-…
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AND SO IT GOES – Not as Good As It Gets, but Good
And So It Goes is about Oren Little (Douglas) a somewhat cantankerous widower who still runs a real estate agency in an affluent Connecticut suburb, Oren walks around with the swagger of a privileged rich, white male, but like most after the bottom fell out, is not doing quite as well as he used to, making him determined to get every penny out of selling his family estate.
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SambWrite Blog Contributor: LUCY
The film revolves around Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) – a 25-year-old student, who may or may not be studying abroad, but definitely partying it up, in Taiwain. Her friend Richard (Pilou Asbæk) forces her to deliver a suitcase to some pretty bad people led by Mr. Jang (Choi Min-shik), who we find out plans to distribute the next “it” drug across Europe. Problem is, Jang needs mules to deliver said drugs to targeted cities...
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Wish I had loved it: WISH I WAS HERE
All of these themes are great to explore in an Indie-ish/dram-edy, and it is an enjoyable movie, the issue being it's overly earnest and heavy handed in its sentimentality. For instance, when Grace cuts off all her hair and Aidan takes his daughter to get a wig, he says, "You can pick out any wig in the store as long as it's as unique and amazing as you"...
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Young Love: The Fault in Our Stars
Both young actors, Woodley as Hazel and her Divergent co-star Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters, give truly likable performances as 17 and 18 year-old cancer survivors, who never deny that life has dealt them each a bad hand, but manage to fall in love like any young couple - starting with, will he or won't he call, flirtatious texts, hanging out and making an everyday word like "Okay" take on relationship meaning...
